KeePass Releases & Discussion

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    KeePass 2.48.1 Released (May 10, 2021)
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    KeePass 2.49 Released (September 10, 2021)
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    Changes from 2.48.1 to 2.49:
    New Features:
    • Added dedicated context menu for custom string fields in the entry dialog, which provides the following new commands: 'Copy Name(s)', 'Copy Value(s)', 'Copy Item(s)', 'Paste Item(s)', 'Select All' and 'Move To'.
    • Added button 'More' to the right of the custom string fields list in the entry dialog, which shows the context menu.
    • Added dedicated context menu for auto-type associations in the entry dialog, which provides the following new commands: 'Copy Target Window(s)', 'Copy Sequence(s)', 'Copy Item(s)', 'Paste Item(s)', 'Duplicate Item(s)' and 'Select All'.
    • Added button 'More' to the right of the auto-type associations list in the entry dialog, which shows the context menu.
    • Added optional 'Auto-Type - Enabled' main entry list column (turned off by default, can be turned on in 'View' → 'Configure Columns').
    • Added optional 'Auto-Type - Sequences' main entry list column (turned off by default, can be turned on in 'View' → 'Configure Columns').
    • Added support for importing Keeper 16.0.0 JSON files.
    • Added option 'Show confirmation dialog when opening a database file whose minor format version is unknown' (in 'Tools' → 'Options' → tab 'Interface', turned on by default).
    • Added tooltips for some controls.
    • Dialog banners can now be read by screen readers (if the option 'Optimize for screen reader' is turned on).
    • Added accessibility names for some controls (text boxes after check boxes, image/color buttons, warning icons, ...; if the option 'Optimize for screen reader' is turned on).
    • Controls in the accessibility/automation control tree are now ordered by their visual locations (if the option 'Optimize for screen reader' is turned on).
    • Added automatic screen reader detection based on the operating system's screen reader parameter (this does not make the option 'Optimize for screen reader' obsolete though, because not all screen readers set the parameter).
    • Various accessibility enhancements (when running on .NET 4.7.1 or higher).
    • Added UIFlags bit for not clearing the quick search terms list when closing/locking a database.
    • Added UIFlags bit for enabling the Input Method Editor (IME) on secure desktops.
    • Added customization option to override the URL that is opened for a help page.
    Improvements:
    • In most list views, tooltips are now displayed for a longer time.
    • The entry string move commands can now move multiple strings at once.
    • Removed the entry string button 'Move' in the entry dialog (the move commands are available in the context menu).
    • Reordered fields/columns in the entry details view and in the 'Configure Columns' dialog for improved consistency with the entry dialog.
    • When running on .NET 4.7 or higher, rich text boxes now instantiate Rich Edit 4.1 (or higher) controls, which support various new features (e.g. Tamil characters are now displayed correctly even when the 'Latha' font is not installed).
    • Improved linkification in the entry details view of the main window (URLs, attachments, ...) and in the internal data viewer (URLs).
    • URLs in the hex view of the internal data viewer are not linkified anymore.
    • Improved tab order in various dialogs.
    • Improved accessibility control name provision.
    • Improved temporary file/directory deletion performance.
    • Improved hashing of protected binaries, UUIDs, popular passwords, images, ...
    • Improved quality of some icons.
    • In the HTML export/printing dialog, the option 'Group name' is now disabled when group names are unavailable.
    • Reduced space between tables and group headings in HTML exports/printouts.
    • In the help source selection dialog, controls are now disabled if a help source is enforced (by an enforced configuration file) or if a help URL override is specified.
    • Improved keyboard shortcut check.
    • TrlUtil: improved string table handling.
    • Various CHM file improvements.
    • Upgraded installer.
    • Various UI text improvements.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • The save confirmation dialog of the entry dialog does not create unnecessary history entries anymore.
    • The tags button drop-down menu in the entry/group dialogs now uses the correct font.
    • TrlUtil: fixed a string table association bug.
     
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    Thank you for the heads up, mood! :thumb:
     
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    KeePass 2.49 Password Manager is out with auto-type, accessibility and usability improvements
    September 11, 2021
    https://www.ghacks.net/2021/09/11/k...ype-accessibility-and-usability-improvements/
     
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    KeePass 1.40 Released (January 2, 2022)
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    New Features:
    • On most Windows systems, AES-KDF is now about 3 times as fast as before.
    • Added database file information dialog that is displayed when creating a new database.
    • When double-clicking the title cell of an entry in the main entry list while holding down the Shift key, the title is now copied to the clipboard.
    Improvements:
    • Improved default configuration file.
    • Various CHM file improvements.
    • Upgraded to Boost libraries version 1.78.0.
    • Installer: improved file overwriting.
    • Upgraded installer.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • (None).
     
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    KeePass 2.50 Released (January 9, 2022)
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    Changes from 2.49 to 2.50:
    New Features:

    • On most Windows systems, AES-KDF is now about twice as fast as before.
    • On most Linux systems, AES-KDF is now about 4 times as fast as before, if the 'libgcrypt' library is installed.
    • On most Windows systems, Argon2d and Argon2id are now about twice as fast as before (for default parameters).
    • On most Linux systems, Argon2d and Argon2id are now about 3 times as fast as before (for default parameters), if the 'libargon2' library is installed.
    • The option 'Enter master key on secure desktop' is now also supported by master key prompt dialogs shown during imports, confirmations (before exporting, printing, changing the master key, ...) and trigger actions.
    • The option 'Enter master key on secure desktop' is now also supported by master key creation/change dialogs.
    • The key file/provider combo boxes in the master key dialogs now have a tooltip that shows the current value, if the value is very long.
    • When running on .NET 4.7.2 or higher, GZip decompression is faster now (i.e. most databases are opened a bit faster, pasting entries from the clipboard is a bit faster, ...).
    • Added password generation button in the entry string field dialog.
    • When double-clicking the title cell of an entry in the main entry list while holding down the Shift key, the title is now copied to the clipboard.
    • Added support for opening URLs with Pale Moon, Epiphany and Midori in private mode.
    • Enhanced application detection on Unix-like systems (support for certain Snap packages, ...).
    • Added support for detecting the latest versions of Chromium on Unix-like systems (for 'Open with ...' commands in the 'URL(s)' menu, for the {GOOGLECHROME} placeholder, ...).
    • In the 'URL(s)' menu, there now are separate commands for Google Chrome and Chromium, if both are installed.
    • Enhanced support for detecting Vivaldi, Brave, Pale Moon and Epiphany.
    • Added support for importing Kaspersky Password Manager 9.0.2 TXT files.
    • Bitwarden import module: added support for importing subfolders, and collection names are now imported as tags.
    • In the 'About KeePass' dialog, each item in the components list now has a tooltip that shows the file/folder path of the component, if it is installed.
    • In the 'About KeePass' dialog, a double-click onto a component now shows the component file/folder with the file manager.
    • In the 'About KeePass' dialog, the components list now has a context menu that provides the following new commands: 'Show with File Manager', 'Copy Version/Status' and 'Copy Path'.
    Improvements:
    • If the option 'An entry matches if one of its tags is contained in the target window title' is turned on, auto-type now additionally considers tags inherited from groups.
    • The built-in password generation patterns 'Hex Key - *-Bit' now use upper-case hexadecimal symbols.
    • Improved Spr variance check of the password generator (custom string references, ...).
    • All commands in the password generator menu (shown by the password generator buttons in entry/string dialogs) support the option 'Show dialog for collecting user input as additional entropy' now.
    • Improved entropy collection dialog.
    • Improved control state updating in the master key prompt dialog and in the master key creation/change dialog.
    • Improved key file existence check in the master key creation/change dialog.
    • Improved master key construction.
    • Improved handling of exclusive key providers.
    • Improved compatibility of some dialogs with plugins that can cancel closing the dialog.
    • Improved automatic entry selections in the main entry list.
    • Access key improvements.
    • Improved entry equality test in order to prevent the creation of unnecessary history entries during certain operations.
    • XML Replace: improved entry modification detection.
    • Improved initial input focus in the single edit dialog.
    • In the import/export dialog, the icon of an import/export module now matches the file/procedure type.
    • DataVault CSV import module: improved importing of notes.
    • Improved native buffer handling.
    • When opening/copying the URL of an entry, the last access time of the entry is updated now.
    • TrlUtil: added DPI awareness mode declaration.
    • Various UI text improvements.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • Column header context menus are not shown for non-report list views anymore.
    • When copying a URL to the clipboard fails, the main entry list is updated now.
    • Toggling the password generator option 'Show dialog for collecting user input as additional entropy' now causes a switch to the '(Custom)' profile.
    • In the TAN wizard dialog, group names containing ampersands are displayed correctly now.

    KeePass 2.50 speeds up key derivation functions significantly
    January 10, 2022
     
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    Got it, and thank you mood for the heads up. :thumb:
     
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    Thanks again, mood!
     
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    FYI. KeePass 1.40.1 Released | Download
     
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    Trooper, no, I use Firefox's built-in password manager, together with a Primary Password. Just posting updates and articles relevant to this software.
     
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    Got you. I use Bitwarden but was thinking of using KeePass as a backup since everything is local.
     
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    And thanks for that, JR. KeePass 2.51 update went smooth as usual. :thumb:
     
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    Page42, you're welcome! Take care.
     
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    KeePass 2.51.1 Released May 9, 2022 | Announcement | Download
     
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    Got it. Thanks very much for the info, JR.:thumb:
     
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    Buddel, you're welcome! Take care.
     
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